Terror plot to attack US with BA jets

The Sunday Times (UK) ^ | 1/04/03 | Davis Leppard

[randog]

“The notion that the US can bounce the rest of us into cancelling flights all the time needs to be addressed,” said one British minister.

You don't have to cancel the flight--you just can't land it in the US. Other than that, fly the damn thing all you want.

On another note, I guess we'll start hearing the leftists praising Bush. After all, he knowingly let 9/11 happen, but stopped this catastrophe in its tracks.

[vbmoneyspender]

There are signs of tension between London and Washington over the extent to which Britain follows every command from the United States after terror alerts. "The notion that the US can bounce the rest of us into cancelling flights all the time needs to be addressed," said one British minister.

I wonder who this British minister is and if he seriously questions the United States' right to control its own airspace?

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[Bubba_Leroy]

I just don't see how anyone can hijack a plane and take over the cockpit again.

Before 9-11, the correct procedure to follow in the event of a hijack was to cooperate with the hijackers and do whatever they said. The worst thing that would happen was you would be forced to land in Cuba or wherever, and you might be stuck on the plane for a day or two while the hijackers tried to negotiate the release of some terrorist out of prison.

After 9-11, you have to assume that any hijacker intends to use the plane as a missle. The correct procedure to follow is for everyone on the plane to beat the crap out of the hijackers. Even if a hijacker manages to get a gun on board, they can't shoot everyone and everyone knows that they are dead of the hijackers aren't stopped.

Also, even if hijackers start executing passengers one at a time, the crew knows not to let them in the cockpit. Instead, the crew will depresurize the plane and start doing dives and rolls to bounce the hijackers off of the walls.

The biggest airplane danger post 9-11 is that terrorists will simply get a bomb on board and blow it up.

[rs79bm]

It's good to know that we've uncovered this and prevented catastrophe.

[mware]

By the way I am tracking BA flight 223 right now at this web site.

http://www.cheaptickets.com/trs/cheaptickets/flighttracker/flight_tracker_graphic.xsl

It is presently over Canada, at 40,000 ft. traveling SW at 500 miles per hour.

[Endeavor]

Until the Brits can figure out how people are getting onto the tarmac and lodging themselves unnoticed into landing gear hubs, I don't think we can too highly praise British airport security.

[LuigiBasco]

Get lost!

[U S Army EOD]

shhhhh!!!!

[ZAKJAN]

http://www.flightview.com/TravelTools/default.asp track it here too

[Billthedrill]

One of the passengers who failed to turn up was a trained pilot from the Middle East who has since disappeared and cannot be traced...

Oh, I'm sure that's just a coincidence...

Note to self - purchase train tickets tomorrow...

[FairOpinion]

They said it's expected to land at 9 pm EST.

[FairOpinion]

"We've gone from shoe bombs "

==

Richard Reid DID have a shoe bomb, which he was attempting to set off, when overpowered. That's no wild goose chase.

[Capt. Tom]

I just don't see how anyone can hijack a plane and take over the cockpit again.

I am surprised that with all the many millions of dollars at the terrorists disposal that they haven't just bought a plane, loaded it with whatever they want, and just fly it into a target.

After all it is a one way trip, and you don't have to worry about landing safely as the drug runners do that fly into this country. -Tom

[Mark17]

I just don't see how anyone can hijack a plane and take over the cockpit again.

Yep, I don't think the passengers will allow this to happen again. I would suspect the hijackers would be beaten to death.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

What cheek !
Its our country, Jack. We make the rules.